Vacancy Reference Number
22237
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Number of Vacancies
1
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(B) OCU
Professionalism Headquarters
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Location
Westminster
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Building
NEW SCOTLAND YARD
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Band
Band D
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Part/Full Time
Full Time
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Hours per Week
36 hours per week
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Type of Contract
Permanent
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Job Advert
Job Title: Personal Assistant
Salary: The starting salary is £40,519, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £37,510, basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Westminster
The Professionalism Private Office is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated, and organised individual to join the team as Personal Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC Andy Valentine).
Location: Split across two sites - New Scotland Yard, Westminster and Cobalt Square, Vauxhall
Working Pattern: One WFH day per week depending on operational demand
Description
The role holder will provide comprehensive, confidential, and professional support service in all aspects concerned with the efficient and successful operation of the Professionalism Private Office and wider organisation.
The PA role is a ‘front of house’ role and is often the initial contact point along with other members of the Private Office. Across all groups contact is made face-to-face, through email or telephone. The stakeholders include:
DACs, Commanders and Directors
Met Executive including Management Board; daily contact, the purpose of which ranges from coordinating of Directorate objectives and priorities in support of business group risks/delivery, diary management and event planning.
Responding to high-risk queries, complaints and managing expectations.
Directorate SLT (Senior Leadership Team); daily, enabling delivery of their function’s priorities.
Other Private Offices; enabling link up between work/actions across directorates.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 05/08/2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1 to 2 weeks after closing date
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1 to 2 weeks after CBQ sift
www.metpolicecareers.co.uk
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Essential For The Role
Essential For The Role
Knowledge
Knowledge of and interest in the Professionalism Directorate
Knowledge of and strong ability in ICT applications such as Microsoft (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams and Calendar functions).
Skills
Managing electronic diaries, organising meetings and events on behalf of DAC Professionalism with a wide range of internal and external contacts, prioritising a busy diary and coordinating across varied venues, both internal and external
Preparation of meetings and travel itineraries
Arranging logistics with internal and external stakeholders, such as booking meeting rooms, travel, accommodation, visitor passes and escorting visitors.
Effective minute taking of high profile and confidential meetings
Creating agendas for meetings and recording and tracking actions
Communication skills, with the ability to work well with a range of people at all levels, stakeholder management (internal and external) in both written and verbal format
Time management and prioritisation skills to meet demanding targets and deadlines
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple competing demands and priorities
Managing databases and electronic filing storage systems
Undertaking research for projects/briefing papers, collating information from a range of sources to produce draft responses
Monitor and input into calendar On Call rotas for the DAC including NPCC, CT Commander and Gold Public Order Commander
Support principles with administration for their National Portfolios as required
Provide cover and resilience for the other Private Office PAs when required
Demonstrate professional standards, good judgement, integrity and confidentiality
Experience
Experience providing designated support at a senior level
Experience managing/prioritising a busy workload effectively, to co-ordinate tasks and conflicting demands to ensure tight deadlines are met
Experience using own initiative, being proactive and dealing with specific queries as they arise
Experience ensuring attention to detail and gathering, analysing, tracking, and collating complex and confidential information
Experience drafting responses to queries
Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of and interest in the Professionalism Directorate
Understanding of the current challenges and future direction of the organisation
An interest in additionally supporting the DAC with his operational portfolio (Counter Terrorism, NPCC and Public Order)
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Reports To
DAC
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Additional Information
CVF Staff Band.pdf – 971KB Opens in a new window
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Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.
As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.
Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles. Find out more about police fitness standards.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
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